Nowadays we live in a new era of comedy where copying a comedian’s work can seem like removing money from his pocket. Needless to say, this is the sort of situation where the aggressor can expect some pretty hard pushback. Yet, as comedian Matt Hoss (full name: Matt Hosseinzadeh) learned not that long ago, just…
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South Park: Funny Lessons from a Court Battle
Not long ago, South Park, one of Comedy Central’s better-liked shows and one that is pretty big on spoofs, got the station and its parent company Viacom in what seemed like a bit of trouble. Some courtroom trouble, that is. And by the time the dust settled on the entire controversy, Viacom found itself not…